Rocking-horse



March 15, 1927. 1,621,193

F. EICHHORST ROCKING HORSE Filed Sept. '7, 1926 ATTORNEY Patented Mar.15, 1927.

FRANZ EICHEORST, F TREPTOW-ON-THE-REGA, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF TOFRITZ SCHMEKEL, OF MOUNT CLEMENS, MICHIGAN.

ROCKING-HORSE.

Application filed September 7, 1926. Serial No. 133,834.

This invention relates to amusement de-.

. vices and more particularly to such devices adapted for use bychildren. One of the objects of the invention is to provide a rockinghorse capable of moving forward by the action of a rider.

Another object isin the provision of means whereby the horse may besteered in any desired direction.

A further aim is to provide a device which,

7 Figure 2 is a plan View of the support.

In the drawing, the numeral 10 generally designates a V shaped frame towhich is pivoted at its apex ;11,-by a vertical pintle 12,

; a cross-bar 13.

. Extendingdownwardly from thee enter of fthe1:bar.13,fis"a .pairofvertical elongated 3 'ured'a short-Zaxle rod on which isrotatablyi-mounted a'wheel 16.

f'g-Passing through thearms of the frame 10 fat their-outer parallelends 1 7.is a shaft 18 '--having a crank .19, formed centrally'thereon,

the shaft carrying'a pair of Wheels at the ends.

Secured to the "frameIO near the rear thereof at 21, is a pair ofangular inreaching supports 21 having-openings in theiralignment withthe-openings in the 'sup- ,.ports21.-

' Passing through these openingstis a'rod 23 on which is pivoted a fiatplate24, the rod carrying at; its outer. ends a 'pair' of pulleys 25.

Secured'to the plate is the body 260f a toy horse large enough 'toaccommodatea child, the horse having fixed thereon a sadtothisspecification.

35, the lower end of which engages. the" crank 19.

Passing through the head of the horse, at its mouth, is a rod 36carrying at its ends a pair of pulleys 37 over which is trained a. cordor reins 38 accessible to a rider, and fixed in openings 39 in the endsof the bar 13, as shown in Figure 1. i

In operation, a rider seated in the saddle 27 draws the reins 38backwards, thus causing the body of the horse to tilt forwardly, whichaction, because of the link 35, revolves the cranked shaft 18, movingthe toy forwardly.

By slackening the reins and leanin slightly backward the rotation of thesha t is obviously continued; repeated operation thus giving continuedmotion.

Tosteer the toy to the right or corresponding side ofthe reins 38.ispulled taut, which, through thecord connection .in'

left, the I the openings 39in the bar- 13 will accmn v plishr'this'purpose.

toy has'been "disclosed that will .move. for-' ward bythe action of arider,- is easily steered by t'he reins and which affords a healthfuloutdoor exercise foriyoungsters.

ters Patent, is

A rocking-,horse comprisinga V-shaped frame, a cross-bar pivoted to saidframe, said bar carrying a steering wheel, a cranked shaft journalledinthearms o'fsaid' frame, a pair of wheels fixed on said shaft, a body-From the foregoing, may be 'see nj that a I pivotally mounted on saidframe, a link pive oted to said body, said link' being pivotallyconnected to said cranked'shaft, a plurality of pulleys mounted on sa1dbody and supports extending upwardly fromisaid frame,

FRANZ EIQHHORS'I.

and reins trainedover said pulleys and fixed tosai'd cross-bar, by whichthe said horse is movedforwardly and steered. y In witness whereof Ihave signed my name

